Beyond knowing that they were beautiful things, and sometimes required custom measurements, Piper didn't really know the first thing about corsets. She'd mostly just tagged along to spend some time with Lena, maybe try a few things on if the mood struck her. She was browsing through the racks, fingers trailing over the detailing on some and passing over others. They came in every color of the rainbow, and it was tempting to just buy five, even if she'd never wear them.

Lena, on the other hand, knew corsets well. She had been wearing them since she was about fourteen, and at seventeen she had moved on from plastic boning to steel. She had even made several of her own before finally finding a corsetière who understood her body and made Lena's work corsets.

What Lena was looking for now, however, was not a work corset. Casually, she tended not to mind wearing corsets which weren't actually specifically made for her, since they were astronomically expensive. And now that she was in the shop, she was much more interested in dressing Piper than herself. Piper had such an amazing body and while Lena was fond of her own as well, she was all too aware she didn't have much in the way of cleavage.

She grabbed an hourglass corset off the rack and darted over to Piper. "You have to try this on! It'll give you tits for days! No no. Weeks!"

"They won't make them bigger, this will just push them up so basically they nearly hit you in the face! Vavavoooom!" she said cheerfully. "You'll look awesome. And if Charles sees you in it, he'll faint."

Lena chuckled and she pulled the laces of the corset tight systematically so it was all even. She didn't want to make Piper unable to breathe, so she didn't tug them tightly. "All good?" she asked before tying it off.

Lena laughed and hugged Piper back. "Good call. You can stab Charles with your breasts like you just did me. He'll love it. How are things going with that, by the way? Have you bedded Mr Dodgson?" She grinned wickedly at her friend, completely ready to be hit in the face by a wayward corset.

Lena caught the shirt and giggled before throwing it back. "You mean not everyone starts a relationship by humping some dude in a bar? Weird," she grinned. "By that I do mean, I do know. I think it's good. And you two are adorable."

Piper stuck out her tongue. "I'm pretty sure if I did something like that, it wouldn't go well," she said, picking her shirt up off the floor. "I've always been more of the quiet, reserved type. At least until you get to know me."

That made her smile. "I really like him, you know?" she said. "He's a sweetheart."